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Contr ibuto rs Barbara Emodi ("How to Take Measurements") is a contributing editor to Threads. She currently works as a political writer in Nova Scotia, Canada, but she has extensive experience teaching hands-on fitting. With months of full-time work as a drafting troubleshooter on hard-to-fit bodies using AutoCAD, a standard engineering drafting program, Barbara can usually look at a pattern and tell what measurements were taken incorrectly. She believes there are some fitting problems that are hard to detect from numbers alone, but success always starts with accurate measurements. 10 TH READS Publisher Kathleen Davis Executive Editor Carol Spier Art Director Karen Meyer Senior Editor David Page Coffin Associate Editors Carol J. Fresia, Jennifer Sauer Assistant Editor Judith Neukam Copy/Production Editor Jennifer M. Themel Associate Art Director Linda Boston Rae Cumbie ("Sewing White Fabric") is known in Baltimore for her custom wedding and special occasion gowns. She also creates wearable art, displayed at Gallery Z in Ellicott City, Maryland. In addition to designing and sewing, Rae teaches both locally and nationally, including at Susan Khalje's Couture Sewing School and the Baltimore Weavers Guild. A founding member and president of the Baltimore chapter of the Professional Association of Custom Clothiers, Rae serves nationally as PACC's historian. Her hobbies include community volunteer work and her church music program. Adrena Johnson-Telfair ("The Secrets to Embroidering Sheers by Machine"), of Birmingham, Alabama, is a physician's assistant by day, specializing in sickle·cell disease clinical research and patient care. By night, she owns and operates a custom clothing and alterations business, and sews everything from professional clown costumes to wedding gowns. Adrena also teaches couture hand'sewing, tailoring, and more, both locally and nationally. A tomboy as a child who crawled under cars to see how they worked, Adrena avoided sewing until college, when she jump-started her passion by stitching up a two·piece evening dress. 6 THREADS Sarah Veblen ("Neckline Finishes for Knits"), a frequent contributor to Threads, Imaging Specialist William M. Godfrey is a custom fashion designer with a thriving home-based business specializing in fit, innovative pattern design, and quality construction; she also teaches fashion design and sewing. Asked about other interests, Sarah admits to a love of running and says it enables her to keep in shape and solve design and sewing problems at the same time. But sewing is her true passion-she loves having fabric in her hands and uses free time to sew for herself. Kathyanne White ("Fear Not the Curve") creates her hand·dyed, curvy·pieced textile art in Prescott, Arizona. Her pieces are shown in galleries across the country, and have been acquired by museums, including the American Craft Museum in New York. Kathyanne has a background in business and is an accomplished photographer as well. She's also an art·to-wear designer, who participated in the Fairfield fashion show for several years. These days, though, equipped with her custom sewing machine (a Bernina industrial model that's been extended to a more quilting·friendly size), she's happy to continue exploring the possibilities of free·cutting and piecing techniques, and to share her knowledge in classes and workshops. Editorial Secretary April Mohr Contributing Editors Susan B. Allen, Barbara Emodi, Linda Lee, Mary Ray Group Publisher Sarah Roman Senior Marketing Manager Deborah Johnston Single Copy Sales Manager Mark Stiekman Circulation Planner Nancy Clark Advertising Director Jeff Dwight Advertising Sales Manager Angelyn Termini Account Managers Lori J. Galanis, Tracey Lenahan Senior Advertising Sales Support Associate Marjorie Brown Threads: (lSSN: 0882·7370) is published bimonthly by The Taunton Press, Inc., Newtown, CT 06470·5506. Telephone (203) 426·8171. Periodicals postage paid at Newtown, CT 06470 and at additional mailing offices. GST paid registration #123210981. U.S. distribution by Curtis Circulation Company, 730 River Road, New Milford, NJ 07646·3048 and Eastern News Distributors, Inc., One Media Way, 12406 Route 250, Milan, OH 44846·9705. Subscription Rates: U.S. and Canada: $32.95 for one year, $54.95 for two years, $78.95 for three years (GST included, payable in U.S. funds); outside the U.S. and Canada: $38.95 for one year, $66.95 for two years, $96.95 for three years (payable in U.S. funds). Single copy, $6.99 in the U.S., and $8.99 in Canada. Postmaster: Send address changes to Threads, The Taunton Press, Inc., 63 South Main St., P.O. Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470·5506. Printed in the U.S.A.